CHAPTER I I. 
DECOEATIVE PL ANTING — WHAT CONSTITUTES IT? 
“ He who sees my park, sees into my heart !” — Prince Puckler to Bettina Von Arnim. 
T he objects sought in Decorative Planting are various. 
The simple pleasure of working among and developing 
beautiful natural productions is one ; the desire to make 
one’s place elegant and attractive to other’s eyes, and 
therefore a source of pride to the possessor, is also one of the 
strongest objects with many. To have a notably large variety of 
flowers, shrubs, or trees, is a very common form of planting enthu- 
siasm ; and the passion for some special and complete display of 
certain species of flowers (florists’ hobbies) is another. Finally, 
and highest of all, /s the appreciation of, and desire to create with ver- 
dant Nature, charming effects of sunlight and shadow, or lovely exam- 
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